I keep this next to my back door because we have a lot of traffic from outside into the kitchen area due to our three children and there three puppies. We tend to get a lot of sand tracked in and despite having a roomba I needed something to try to help me keep up with the sand. It is very convenient having something to just quickly sweep it all into. Haven’t needed to empty it yet and it’s been about 3wks thus far. Gave it four stars bc it is loud and sometimes doesn’t grab it all but is still a great product esp for price point